From its humble beginnings ten years ago, the Teen Masters has evolved and grown to become America's Premier High School Championship Event! What began in 1997 as a single event in Akron, Ohio that awarded $5,000 college scholarships to both its male and female champions, has now surpassed $600,000 in total scholarship awards and has had its national championships televised from a special setting at Universal Resort Orlando® on ESPN2!

2008 promises the most exciting youth event in history as America's greatest and most prestigious high school tournament, the Teen Masters, is back and better than ever, and with major sponsor commitments from bowling's best brands, including Dexter Shoes, Ebonite International, and Kegel! Because of these companies' generous support, the Teen Masters tournament is now offering high school athletes an even more extensive menu of blue-ribbon competition through which they can test their skills and face-off against their peers for a stake in over $100,000 in SMART scholarships!

Following the completion of 50 Teen Masters Qualifying events held all across the nation, the top 480 athletes will advance to the Teen Masters National Finals July 19-26 at Michael Gaughan's beautiful South Point Resort on the world-famous Las Vegas Boulevard. Over 2000 youth bowlers total are expected to enter the qualifying events this year, and those who make the Finals in the Entertainment Capital of the World are sure to be in for the competitive experience of their lives.

Who – High school bowlers and younger. Though we’re on a quest to find the best high school bowler in America, we know there is a lot of talent outside of the ranks of high school seniors. Just take a look at our history: New York’s Brittni Hamilton won as a sophomore! Minnesota’s Amanda Burgoyne won as a freshman! At our 2007 national championships, 64% of the athletes who advanced to match play were underclassmen! (Hey college coaches – do you see the fertile scouting and recruiting ground we see?) If you have the game to make it out of one of our 50 regional qualifying events, we don’t care if you’re a high school senior or a 7th grader! We just insist that you were born after August 1, 1988, are in school, are a decent student, belong to the United States Bowling Congress of America, and haven’t started competition as a college student yet.

What – We love cake and ice cream, but believe they should be served at parties, not in a bowling competition designed to determine the best high school bowler in the US of A. Instead, we serve up a Teen Masters Sport lane condition, one which will test your bowling skills and your character.

The “H” word? We refuse to even say it. The Teen Masters is scratch. S C R A T C H! Here’s how it works: You knock them down, we count them up. Knock down more than the others do, no matter how many or few that might be, and we’ll reward you for your skill, determination, and perseverance. (See that word, “perseverance?” Look it up, because you’re going to need a healthy dose of it. Life requires it, so why shouldn’t we?) And what was true in 1997 is still true today: Be sure to bring your spare game!

If you are up to the challenge, you have two ways to put yourself in the position of being the next Teen Masters National Champion. You can enter one of our regional qualifying events as part of a coed team and qualify through the exciting and new Teen Masters Kegel Kup, or you can enter our traditional singles competition. You can even enter both, and both lead to the same prize – the Teen Masters National Championships in Las Vegas! Regardless of how you get there, you’ll compete for your share of the richest scholarship prize fund in bowling history and the title of Best High School Bowler in the US of A!

Where – We’ve scheduled fifty (50) regional qualifying competitions across the US. Forty-five of them are open to anyone and everyone who is eligible for the Teen Masters and offer both Teen Masters Kegel Kup and Singles competition. Another five (5) events have been scheduled on US Military bases and are open exclusively to the dependent children of military and DOD personnel and only offer Teen Masters Kegel Kup qualifying. (Some may view as ‘unfair’ that certain kids can bowl in any and all of the events, but considering the price their parents and grandparents have paid for the rest of us, we’re just fine with it.) The final location for qualifying will be South Point in Las Vegas, the day before the National Championships begin.

When – Regional qualifying begins on March 8th at Beaver-Vu Bowl just outside of Dayton, Ohio, and continues through May 18th. The Last Chance qualifying event is on July 19th at South Point in Las Vegas.

In an attempt to help our host bowling centers plan for the number of athletes who will be competing at their location, we have created an incentive for entering early. Each regional qualifying event has an Early Bee deadline. Enter before the deadline and you’ll pay a smaller entry fee. Enter after the deadline and you’ll pay a higher entry fee. While the Early Bee deadline varies by location, the entry fees are the same:


For more details on the details, please see our “Rules & Eligibility.”